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Connectivity, Reliability Among Key Challenges for Rad Detection Equipment, CBP Official Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 16th, 2014

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Connectivity, reliability and ruggedness rank at the top of the key challenges in operating radiation detection equipment in the field, a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official says. CBP is currently “creeping” toward wireless solutions to do data reachback with its radiation detection devices but the rugged environments that officers in field operate in make this difficult, Kathy McCormick, an official with the CBP Laboratories and Scientific Services Teleforensic Center says at an Industry Day hosted by the Defense Nuclear…

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